Marco Rubio

Weather forecasting is important. We rely on it for daily decisions that we make in our private lives, but also in the commercial sector.

We've seen the impact that public sector unions have had on places like Wisconsin and on Detroit and, while I don't think we're that far down the line at the National Weather Service, I think it's important that we address any…

I'm concerned that as we review the agency and work to not only maintain a robust forecasting system, but also address potential future data gaps due to satellite launch delays, the demands of the workforce may work against our efforts to…

If the United States were to pursue the zero option, completely withdraw, or even if we were to withdraw, potentially, to a level below a certain number, would it be safe to say that, between 18 and 24 months, we would see, potentially…

I have heard from a lot of people in Florida who are desperate to hear from their loved ones and to provide a helping hand during the relief-and-recovery operations.

As Americans, this is what we have always done as a people. This is who we still are.

Contrast that, by the way, with Beijing, whose initial pledge was $100,000--$100,000, just a fraction of what was committed by other countries a fraction of their size.

It is in times like these, by the way, where we are reminded of how important an engaged America is for the world, especially for allies like the Philippines.

I would strongly consider, suggest to this committee that they ought to take a look at that legislation and perhaps bring that into the reauthorization debate.

I think it's vital that we have economics factored into every decision that we make.

If I gave you this notepad, could you write the coordinates for the best spots out there?

In the Senate, it's Foreign Relations; in the House it's Foreign Affairs.

If we had a little more flexibility to rebuild the stock, say based on stock abundance rather than arbitrary timeframes and arbitrary numbers of fish or pounds, it would give us greater flexibility.

We hope to get that season announcement out by the end of this calendar year, giving fishermen many months notice.

Wouldn't it make more sense to give your council some reasonable latitude to deal with rebuilding stocks for which the 10-year time-frame simply doesn't make sense?

I believe the Caribbean Council, who is represented here today, has never had a stock assessment ever.

As you know, it has become a common practice for the administration to divert in their annual budget Saltonstall-Kennedy funds received by NOAA away from the authorized uses and into the agency's operational and research fund.

The main thing that impacts the South Atlantic in being able to deal with red snapper is the ending overfishing immediately.

It's important to remember, every race is particular to the state that it's run in. So there are factors in New Jersey that I think are individual to that race and clearly he was able to speak to that and to the -- to the hopes and…

It is important for Congress to set national broadband deployment and adoption goals.

But, all my kids are working off----

You can't write a term paper on a smartphone.

I think a growing number of Americans are going to find themselves in that position.

This is a really important issue, 30 percent of the population has no access to broadband, and it's bad for the country, bad for our economy, and bad for them, for the folks that don't have access.

They say that they do not have any intent to develop nuclear weapons, but they are investing a lot of time and energy on long-range missiles.